Quick update - I think most of the problem is resolved.
After more checks (following Uwe comments):
1) I see that the installer file runs properly when I set "mode='wb'", and
fails when "mode='w'" (so that solves why some of the time the installer
didn't run)
2) I still get the error massage mentioned before (e.g: "Composite Document
File V2 Document, corrupt: Can't read SAT, etc..."). I don't know what it
means, or if it is important (since the installer now runs properly).

Tal




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On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Tal Galili <tal.galili@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Uwe,
>
> Here is the updated code and error massage I get:
>
> exe_URL = 'http://pandoc.googlecode.com/files/pandoc-1.11.1.msi'
> exe_filename <- file.path(tempdir(), basename(exe_URL))
> download.file(exe_URL, destfile = exe_filename, mode = "wb", method=
> "internal")
> #############
> ### Error massage:
>  trying URL 'http://pandoc.googlecode.com/files/pandoc-1.11.1.msi'
> Content type 'Composite Document File V2 Document, corrupt: Can't read
> SAT; charset=binary' length 5799936 bytes (5.5 Mb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 5.5 Mb
>
>
> 1) I am very sorry about the chipped previous massage (it is a side effect
> of some form of "reply" in gmail, which I have not noticed before).
> 2) I'm sorry about using the wrong function name - it comes with the
> "installr" package, since I have it running on startup, I was blind to see
> the code was not standard. Also, now that I know such a function exists in
> base R, I will move to using it.
>
> Best,
> Tal
>
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> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Uwe Ligges <
> ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>
>> Tal,
>>
>> please quote the whole message!
>> I had to look for the original one now.
>>
>> And then I found that code was not reproducible for me:
>>
>>
>>  exe_URL = 'http://pandoc.googlecode.com/**files/pandoc-1.11.1.msi<http://pandoc.googlecode.com/files/pandoc-1.11.1.msi>
>> '
>>  exe_filename <- file.path(tempdir(), file.name.from.url(exe_URL))
>>
>> Error in file.path(tempdir(), file.name.from.url(exe_URL)) :
>>   could not find function "file.name.from.url"
>>
>> and I do not know such a function. From its name I can guess
>>
>>  basename(exe_URL)
>>
>> is the base function that does the trick.
>>
>> So please specify full and reproducible code that shows the error,
>> including and does not contain any additional quirks like the mode="w"....
>>
>>
>> Anyway, the installer works for me downloaded with the method I indicated
>> before.
>>
>> Best,
>> Uwe Ligges
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 22.08.2013 07:23, Tal Galili wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Uwe,
>>> My apologies - my original code had mode="wb", which also *does not* work
>>>
>>> and produce the errors I've mentioned in the previous e-mail.
>>>
>>> The code I pasted had mode ="w", since that is one of the versions I've
>>> played with (which also does not work).
>>>
>>>   With regards,
>>> Tal
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Uwe Ligges <
>>> ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.**de <ligges@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>>
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>>>  Uwe
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